Servia, who pilots the #6 Gulfstream -- PKV Racing
Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone machine, took the lead in a crash filled
race on lap 31 and appeared to be in control, but a mechanical problem
made it impossible for him to defend his position and eventual knocked
him from the competition. Legge, #20 Bell Micro -- PKV Racing
Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone, battled throughout the race, but
eventually succumbed to a spin in Turn #2.

Servia, who started sixth, dropped to seventh early in the race, but
began to climb back through the field following his first pit stop on lap
15. Driving a smart, patient race and benefiting from the mistakes of
other competitors, he found himself setting in first place on lap 31.
However, just prior to taking the lead, Servia began to experience a
mechanical problem which prevented him from using fifth gear After
holding the top spot for four laps, Servia was unable to defend his
position and started dropping through the field . He was sitting in 10th
place when he made his second pit stop on lap 38 and five laps later
Champ Car officials black flagged him on lap 43 for spray.

"I know it is racing, but this is hard especially because the Gulfstream
-- PKV Racing car was running so well," Servia began. "Everything
seemed to be going our way. People were crashing--the car was getting
really good. Even when I was behind Sebastien (Bourdais) I felt my car
was faster than his car. Then the team told me to save some fuel and we
were still able to keep up the pace. I knew both Will Power and
Sebastien wanted to win this race, so I could see there could be some
trouble there and there was. Then I lost fifth gear in a very strange
way and in a way you would never think. So it was not meant to happen,"
he said. "I am just very happy that we were up there competing with the
top drivers. The Gulfstream -- PKV Racing team just has to keep pushing
and see if we can end the season on a good note," Servia concluded.

Servia made his his seventh start on the 2.795-mile, 11-turn Surfers
Paradise downtown street circuit today. He has finished in the top-10
twice placing a career best fifth last year and ninth in 2000. Servia
has qualified in the top-10 four times in seven attempts at Surfers with
one pole, the first and only of his Champ Car career, which he earned
last year.

Servia, who was making his 13th start for PKV Racing, now sits in 11th
place in the championship standings with 178 points. With just one race
remaining in the 2006 season, mathematically the best he can finish is
sixth in the standings. He has finished in the top-10 in seven of the 13
races this year including four top-five showings and the team's only
podium performance of the season a third place finish in Cleveland. In
addition to the podium, and the fourth place showing at Road America,
Servia has finished fourth in Edmonton, fifth in Milwaukee, eighth in Monterrey
and San Jose and 10th in Portland. In each of the six races he has not
placed in the top-10, he DNF'ed (did not finish) only once due to pilot
error and all six times he was running in the top-five when he went out
of the race. The native of Catalunya, Spain has qualified in the top-10
in 11 of the 13 races with five top-five starting spots. His qualifying
record to date is one short of the team record for top-10 starting spots
in a season, set by Jimmy Vasser and Cristiano da Matta both in 2005, and
one short of the team record for top-five starting positions in a season,
set by da Matta also last year. Servia holds the team record for
consecutive top-five starting spots with four, having qualified a season
high fourth in Cleveland, fifth in Edmonton, Toronto and San Jose.

Servia, who is competing in his seventh Champ Car season, made his 111th
career start this weekend. He has earned 58 top-ten finishes including
29 top-five showings, 13 podium performances and one victory (Montreal
2005). The resident of Miami, Florida, who has finished in the top-10 in
the standings the last three years, is coming off his best Champ Car
season placing second last year.

Legge, who qualified 16th spun early in the race and went a lap down.
The team then pursued a strategy calculated to save fuel and play the
yellow flags in an attempt to get her back on the lead lap. She
continued to battle throughout the race and survived a couple of near
misses before eventually spinning out on lap 44. Despite the difficult
performance, Legge outlasted such competitors as A. J. Allmendinger and
Dan Clarke to place 15th.

"Obviously it has been a very difficult weekend for the Bell Micro --
PKV Racing team," Legge said. "We had the engine problem on Friday
that limited the amount of track time I got, than today it was one thing
after another on the track. The team did a great job all weekend. The
crew has worked very hard, so I am especially disappointed for them.
After we went down a lap at the beginning of the race we tried a strategy
to save fuel and get the lap back. The crew did a great job in the pits,
but things just didn't work out for us today," she explained. "The
Bell Micro -- PKV Racing team will just keep working hard and try and
finish the season in Mexico City with a good result," Legge concluded.

Legge, a rookie, who returned to competition following her horrific crash
at Road America, made her first start in Australia and 13th career Champ
Car start. The native of Britain has earned four top-10 finishes in her
first 12 races placing a season, and career, high sixth at Milwaukee,
eighth in her Champ Car debut at Long Beach eighth in Cleveland and ninth
in Denver. She has qualified in the top-10 twice in 13 attempts this
year (eighth on the oval in Milwaukee and on the Road America road
course). The resident of Indianapolis, Indiana is third in laps
completed and tenth in laps led. Legge is 16th in the championship
standings and fifth in the rookie standings with 128 points.
Mathematically she can finish as high as 13th in the championship race
and third in the rookie competition.

PKV Racing made its sixth and seventh starts and contesting its fourth
race in Surfers Paradise. The team has now finished in the top-10 once
with Vasser finishing third last year. They have qualified in the top-10
five times with a best starting position of fourth by Cristiano da Matta
in 2005.

Next up for PKV Racing is the Gran Premio de Mexico, Round #14 and the
finale of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series
Powered by Ford, October 20-22, at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez in Mexico
City, Mexico. The race will be broadcast live on SPEED Channel.